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Karazhigitova Tamara Anatolyevna
Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor
Biography
Tamara Anatolyevna Karazhigitova, 04 October 1952
Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Professor of the Department of Mathematics and Methods of Teaching Mathematics.
Academician of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Kazakhstan.
Email: tamarakaraz@mail.ru
Education and Academic Degrees
In 1973, she graduated from the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the Guryev Pedagogical Institute (now H. Dosmukhamedov Atyrau University).
Major: Mathematics
Qualification: Teacher of Mathematics.
• June 29, 2011 – awarded the academic title of Professor of the Department of Mathematical Analysis at H. Dosmukhamedov Atyrau State University;
• December 28, 2010 – awarded the degree of Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences in the specialty
13.00.01 – General Pedagogy, History of Pedagogy and Education, Ethnopedagogy.
Dissertation:
“Theoretical and Methodological Foundations of Developmental Learning in Secondary School: A Competency-Based Approach.”
• November 21, 2006 – awarded the academic title of Associate Professor (Higher Attestation Commission);
• December 13, 2004 – elected a Full Member (Academician) of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Kazakhstan (one of the founders);
• June 20, 2003 – awarded the degree of Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences in the specialty
13.00.02 – Theory and Methods of Teaching and Upbringing (Mathematics in Primary, Secondary, and Higher Education).
Dissertation topic: “Methodological Features of Developmental Teaching of Geometry in Basic School.”
Professional Activity
Total professional experience: more than 50 years.
1973–2002 – worked as a mathematics teacher and vice principal in secondary schools of the city: School No.14 named after A.P. Chekhov, School No.3, School No.16, STGA, and the N. Tlendiev Small Academy of Arts.
(She is one of the founders of the Technical Gymnasium and the Small Academy of Arts.)
2002–2006 – Deputy Director of the Atyrau Regional Institute for Advanced Training and Retraining of Teachers.
2002–2006 – part-time lecturer at the Guryev (Atyrau) Pedagogical Institute, senior lecturer and acting associate professor of the Department of Mathematical Analysis.
Since 2006 – full-time staff member of H. Dosmukhamedov Atyrau State University.
2012 – Head of the Department for Coordination of Scientific Research at the university.
Since 2012 – Professor of the Department of Mathematics and Methods of Teaching Mathematics at H. Dosmukhamedov Atyrau University.
Since 2013, an Academic School headed by T.A. Karazhigitova has been operating at the Z. Karazhigitov Lyceum School.
Research projects include:
• Implementation of Personality-Oriented Developmental Learning in Mathematics Education
• Developmental Learning in the Theory and Practice of Teaching.
These studies resulted in methodological manuals and a monograph.
Research Interests
Modern educational technologies in secondary and higher education.
Organization of pedagogical experiments and data processing using modern IT technologies in master's research.
Since 2023, completed 9 international courses on the use of Artificial Intelligence in education (720 hours).